HMRC

An estimated £190 million in duty and VAT is owed to HMRC by fuel fraudsters in the last year – although this tax gap figure could be as high as £260 million [1]. With as many as 5,821 instances of fuel fraud uncovered so far since 2016, the crime makes up as much as 2% of the UK diesel market, according to HMRC figures obtained by fuel supplier Crown Oil through a Freedom of Information request.

https://www.crownoil.co.uk/news/fuel-fraudsters-tax-gap/

Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has denied tax fraud of £500,000.

A criminal barrister who specialised in fraud work has been disbarred from the profession for tax fraud.

Warning from HMRC and Universities UK about tax related email scams.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/hmrc-calls-on-universities-to-protect-students-from-tax-scams

Five people, including the former owners of a Sussex petrol station have been sentenced for distributing and selling an estimated 4.8 million litres of illegal fuel to unsuspecting motorists.

https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/2960462/sussex-crime-gang-sentenced-for-35m-fuel-fraud/#.XZBzBRCMEKI.twitter

A gang of nine men from Berkshire have been jailed for 46 years for VAT fraud and money laundering as part of an alcohol scam worth of £120 million.

A WESTRUTHER man who admitted a VAT fraud involving £25,000 has been ordered to pay back the money at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

While online shopping has brought accessibility and choice to billions of consumers, it has also hurt British businesses who have been hit by VAT fraud, writes Faisal Rashid MP

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/economy/house/106499/faisal-rashid-online-vat-fraud-damaging-uk-businesses-%E2%80%93-hmrc-must-act

Eight members of a Berkshire-based gang which laundered £87million pounds they had made by smuggling alcohol have been jailed for a combined total of more than 46 years.

A Hove man was jailed for three and a half years today (Friday 6 September) for his role in a £120 million tax swindle.